What are you doing in the world of music? Did you spend 3 hours in the basement on the drum kit? Did you sing at a big concert in the school choir? Did you get thrown out of the house for playing violin too loudly? Did you win your school's battle of the bands? Post whatever you're doing in the performing or preparing of music here.
To start: I had my piano recital on Sunday, on five hours of sleep. There were fifteen kids and five older people before I played, which did not help my lack of sleep. I played Bach's Prelude and Fugue 2 in C minor...totally messed up the prelude, since I have no finger strength at all...but I aced the fugue, and got some sort of award for tackling something really difficult. I spent about...20 minutes today looking at Fugue 1 in C major...a four voicer. I'm on measure 6 with only two voices figured out so far. It's so hard >.<
marching band starts this summer but i may have to drop band class... that's about it doodthing;
i play trumpet
Quote from: Pqqu on June 15, 2009, 04:29:50 PM
I spent about...20 minutes today looking at Fugue 1 in C major...a four voicer. I'm on measure 6 with only two voices figured out so far. It's so hard >.<
SATB?
Pqqu, what section do you sing?
I'm really hoping me and my friend could get a mixtape out by the end of this summer.
Quote from: Det in Fââ,,¢Â¯ Major on June 17, 2009, 05:46:48 AM
SATB?
Pqqu, what section do you sing?
Oh no no no no, voice as in melodic line.
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I haven't practiced in days, I need to work at this again. >.<
I played the only full song I've ever written for the spiritual retreat I was at. I was so nervous, but I got a standing ovation. It was a coffee house cum charity auction, and so there was bidding on me writing a song for them from scratch. It went for $80. >.<
So now I feel really pressured and I'm working on another song and it's really difficult to get it come together but I'm making all sorts of jazzy chords and things and I think it'll come through. The first song is interesting enough to be a piano solo, but this'll need to be a bit more orchestrated...eep! doodthing;
I play drums and sax for about 30 minutes each day because I enjoy them but I do not record very much or currently participate in any musical groups besides the one made up of myself
I just play a little guitar every day, I hardly ever even actually sit down to "practice" much of anything, really. Just a hobby that I don't put much effort into.
I really should play my guitar. :'(
I can play guitar, and play along to songs sometimes. I can also play drums, harmonica, and keyboard.
But I've come to the realization that I absolutely suck at making my own music. I just cannot fathom how all these people can create such catchy and beautiful melodies out of thin air, it's so foreign to me.
I play a little guitar, a play a little bass, I sing a little too. I'm competent enough to play bass in a band, my stage presence can make up for a lack of vocal talent, and with a little more practice I might be a competent rhythm guitarist. I'm not very talented - well, it's either that, or I have yet to motivate myself to reach my potential. I'm a bit of a poet and I can dance like a monkey on stage, so I'd definitely like to try out being a rock frontman. Shit would be tight.
My band and I are are starting to work on recording demos.
i play bass all day and now i am going to make band with a friend hopefully
Pretty much all I've done this summer has been music related. I've been practicing drums a lot, practicing bass less than I should, jamming with a few bands on drums and bass, and recording my own music.
Gigged at a bar in France, which may or may not sound more impressive than it is. People seemed to like it I guess.
I have the rest of August to finish one song's piano part, write other parts, record it, and then record an entirely different song. I probably won't get it done, but someone paid $80 to charity for me to do it so I guess I should.
I'm not playing nearly enough, so I'm gonna try to get 2 hours of piano in a day, and maybe some rudiments for drums for wrist strength.
Didn't quite get to two hours today, but I had a lot of fun playing with my eyes closed. The music gets very dissonant, but gesturey, and there's an element of searching and discovery when I find a major key and run with it, before moving my hands and breaking it again. I get some really good grooves by accident that way. I love it, and I love hearing what tones result from the gestures, but I can imagine it being unpleasant for those around me.
I think I broke my songwriter's block for my second song, so I can write the bridge now.
Finished a recording for Guff, trying to balance work on one for JMV and one for a friend, both of which are on a quick deadline. The former is sketched but needs to be really fleshed out from a demo, and the latter was going gloriously until the halfway point. I'm frustrated but keeping on.
I'm also heading Jazz Band this year, any suggestions on weird songs we could arrange?
Piano lessons start Friday...urk...
I've been playing bass for about a month now. Pretty much when I have nothing to do in my free time I pull it out and practice. I picked it up quick too. I learned "Are You In?" by Incubus in my first week and a half or so.
Right now I'm hoping I can write 10 original songs on guitar by the beginning of February. I recently began messing around with trying to write my own music, so I decided that if i set a requirement for myself that it will help me. Lyrics would be great too, but I can't sing, so I've been considering taking lessons to try to at least get an ok singing voice. Money and time would be the issue with taking lessons though.
My teacher and I are starting on Bach's Prelude and Fuge in C Major. 4 voices. It's so idiosyncratic and sexy somehow, I don't know. I love Bach. Looks like we'll be getting some Chopin in this year, which is nice.
Finished recording one song and one musing, based on the same idea, for a really good friend. I feel a bit bad not fine-tuning either, and "musing" just means it's longer, less together, holds together worse, and is rooted in spontinaity and not musicianship. But I like them both, even if they're 9 and 20 minutes, respectively.
Finally got the tascam to work! Stuff I moved over:
Song for My Commodore : 7:28
Song for My Commodore Pf solo: 7:45
Musing for James : 21:31
Song for James : 9:27
Happy Birthday: 2:34
Now, plug'em into audacity, combine the parts, and turn 'em into 256 kpbs mp3s. Here we go wariodood;
Just playing guitar in my basement or in my room, practicing or learning how to play various songs and stuff like that.
Teacher moved me to Chopin's Prelude in Db major: OH MY GOD it is so beautiful it's the stereotypical chopin prelude but it's gorgeousss, I'm really enjoying creating textures. It's so much different than the bach.
In terms of me, I've been improvising a lot, putting off an overdue project that someone actually donated a good sum of money to charity to get, so I need to get back on the horse in that respect. But it's all good. I love my piano, I love my expression. I feel honest these days, always a plus.
Jazz Band's doing a ballad and a cool Monk tune, a lot of great solo opportunities on that one. Musical's gonna be Steven Sondheim's "Into the Woods." I'm doing backup winds for the senior play. Music's lookin good, friends. hocuspocus;